Improved tack-hammeb



@nimh @sind @ffit THOMAS EvANs, orv NEWARK,l NEW JERSEY. Leners Paten: N0, 71,290, and November 2c, 1867.v

vIMPROVED TACK-HAMMER.

Beit known that I, THOMAS'EVANS, of Newark, Essex county, New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Tack-Hammer; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference beingrhad to the aecompanyng drawings, and to the letters marked thereon.

My invention consists in casting or forging a tack-hammer head, having a claw in line with and opposite to the handle, with a. socket for the insertion of said handle, which is formed with openingson one or both sides, as shown in the drawings, and provided with spurs to be embedded into theside'of the handle after it has been driven into said socket, and thus hold it securely in place.v

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will refer to the-drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a side view ofthe hammer complete.

Figure 2, an edge IView of thesnme.

ais the hammer-head. b, the socket for the handle, made with openings inthe side, shaped with spurs extending` from the handle side of said openings towards their centre, which, after the handle is driven into the socket, are to be embedded into its sides. c, the claw, (cast or forged on the headopposite to the handlevshaped convexly where it is applied to the surface, in which a tack may be fastened. d is the convexity above named. What I therefore claim, is- I f Y A hammer-head constructed with a socket, I, having openings in its sides, with spur projections therein for securing the handle' when driven into said socket, substantially as shown and described.

THOS. EVANS.

Witnesses: v

T. S. CRANE, FRANCIS A. EVANS. 

